Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 113 Another Top Swinger
The meal with Yao Ming can't change Ye Feng's "treatment" in the official game. It's normal. For Americans, personal relationships are completely separated from work. Just turn on the water.So when Ye Feng saw the Rockets' starting roster, he was stunned. Battier's absence from the game due to injury is a good thing. special words.But he didn't complain that Yao Ming didn't tell him in advance, because both Battier and Metta World Peace are top defensive players in the league, but their defensive styles are different.

Compared to Ye Feng, he is more reluctant to meet Ci Shiping, there is a reason for this.Battier is a high-quality role player produced by Duke University. His defensive moves are quite clean and his temper is very gentle, which can be seen from his nickname of "President".But Ci Shiping is another style of defensive player. He is iron-blooded, tough, and has a hot temper. He makes countless small moves in defense, and even has a history of court violence. He was included in the biggest ticket for court violence in NBA history. Anyone who has a little knowledge of the NBA has heard of the Auburn Hills Palace incident in 2004. Metta World Peace, who was still playing for the Pacers at the time, was banned by the league for 73 and stop paying all salaries for the season.

Ye Feng had to admire the Rockets' management for being able to recruit these two defensive champions with completely opposite styles into the same team. This is not something any coach can handle.Of course, besides Ci Shiping, there is another person in the Rockets that may cause him a lot of trouble. That is another top swingman in the league, McGrady, who can be compared with Kobe in terms of talent.Although McGrady's position in this game is the shooting guard, but because of his height, Roy may switch defenses when defending and let Ye Feng defend McGrady. This is a big test for Ye Feng's defensive ability .

In contrast, Ye Feng is not worried about his defensive tasks. Judging from McGrady's playing style, he doesn't have Kobe's murderous look and desire to fight. It must be much easier to defend than Kobe.But thinking that Ci Shiping might mark him, Ye Feng felt very uncomfortable. Perhaps the most important task in this match is to prevent injury?If he gets injured at the very beginning of the season, it would be really bad for a rookie. Among other things, he will fall behind others in terms of growth speed, which will not benefit his future career.

But the fact proved that Ye Feng thought too much.As a well-known head coach who doesn't like to use rookies in the league, Adelman is also quite contemptuous of rookies. Maybe only a super rookie of James' level can make him arouse some interest.So Ye Feng was delighted to see Ci Shiping facing Roy, and standing in front of him was Mai Di who always looked sleepy.Although he breathed a sigh of relief because of the relief of the pressure, Ye Feng felt a little uneasy. Obviously, Adelman didn't think he had the ability to threaten the Rockets' defense, so he let Ci Shiping, who had the strongest defensive ability, to deal with it. Roy, and let McGrady, who has excellent physical condition but not so active, defend Ye Feng.Of course, there is nothing wrong with this from the head coach's point of view. Roy is undoubtedly the most dangerous player in the Trail Blazers. It is indeed the head coach's consistent idea to use his strongest defensive player to limit such a dangerous person.

But his only mistake was...underestimating Ye Feng!After all, Ci Shiping is a powerful fighter who has been in the league for many years, and he has a lot of experience in defense, but McGrady's defense is far from it.That's right, he can indeed rely on his height and jumping to make up for his lack of defense. However, his mentality can be described as lazy, and most of the time he just defends with his eyes.And in the past few seasons, it is an indisputable fact that McGrady's strength has been declining. Facing the lively Ye Feng, it is difficult for him to contribute to the team on the defensive end, and it can even be said to be a potential hidden danger of the team's defense.

McMillan obviously also saw that McGrady was unable to do what he wanted, so he made a decisive decision and asked the players to hand the ball to Ye Feng more.Facing the head coach's order, Roy seemed a little reluctant, but now he couldn't get rid of Ci Shiping's defense. The latter's tough action made him miss all the first four shots. At this time, it is a good idea to let Ye Feng act as an offensive arrow. better choice.Sure enough, McMillan's change of tactics revitalized the Blazers' offense in an instant. McGrady's defense did cause some troubles for Ye Feng, but he was also a top swing player in the league. Ye Feng didn't feel the pressure similar to Kobe from him at all. , on the contrary he was very relaxed and happy.

This is why many people regret that McGrady, as a player with the same talent as Kobe, did not get any decent honor.McGrady does not have the almost paranoid desire to win like Kobe. Although he also has a masterpiece of 35 seconds and 13 points, but this only occupies a small part of his entire long career. More often he does not have the domineering of a leader. And a sense of responsibility, and did not learn to grit their teeth and fight with their lives.Under McGrady's almost sleepwalking defense, Ye Feng is like a fish in water, using the jumper after the pick-and-roll or cutting to score consecutively, and occasionally assisting his teammates.

For a while, the Blazers completely suppressed the Rockets on the scene.Adelman had no choice but to let Tracy McGrady and Ci Shiping switch defenses.However, before McMillan gave an order, Ye Feng tactfully gave the ball to Roy, that is to say, whoever McGrady is defending against will play singles with the ball.Adelman saw the plan of the Blazers. After he thought hard to no avail, he waved his hand and signaled the team to attack with all their strength, trying to fight against the Blazers.At this time, the advantages of the Rockets are reflected. Their lineup has McGrady on the outside and Yao Ming on the inside. At least in terms of offense, they are all top stars in this position.Now Oden became the toughest player in the team. Ye Feng was able to resist McGrady on the defensive end. He was completely blown away by Yao Ming.

No center would be willing to encounter such a low-post killer like Yao Ming. He has height, weight, inside footsteps and a stable jump shot. On the offensive end, Yao Ming is almost unsolvable.Oden had no choice but to adopt a double-edged sword defense around the front. Although this kind of defense is very aggressive, it has a big disadvantage. Once the opponent receives the ball, he will see empty baskets after turning around. Alone, it's too late to defend closely at this time.Fortunately, Oden himself is a 2.13-meter-high, 113-kilogram man, and his rounding around the front actually received a miraculous effect. He directly destroyed Alstom's pass to Yao Ming for two consecutive rounds.

But the generals of the Rockets were not flustered. They had long been familiar with this situation, and the center of gravity of the offense was directly transferred to the outside line, to be precise, it was transferred to Tracy McGrady.It was only at this time that McGrady fully demonstrated the level of the league's top swingman, and Ye Feng also had to admire that this guy's ability to score 62 points in a single game was not for nothing.Although he is 29 years old this year, this is still the last golden period of a swingman's career. Whether it is the swift first step or the ecstatic pull-up jumper, people can vaguely see the figure of the Magic scoring champion back then.

Ye Feng was not afraid, and while Roy was still entangled by Ci Shiping, he and Ade supported the team's offense, because they were the only ones facing off against strong offensive and defensive players players.As for the No. [-] position, Alston is indeed not an excellent defensive player, but he is quite agile from a street ball background, and the timing of his strikes is also very accurate, while Blake is not the main offensive point of the team. In a strange balance.

But this kind of confrontation soon ceased to exist. When McMillan put on a pure substitute, Adelman unexpectedly continued to play the main force, only replacing Yao Ming and Scola with Hayes and Landry. .As a result, the Blazers' bench lineup was quickly destroyed, and no one in the team's backcourt could stop McGrady's offense. The Rockets quickly smoothed out the already small point difference and quickly led by double digits.

McMillan was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to replace his starting players in advance.Whether it is Roy, Ye Feng or Oden, everyone has consumed a lot of energy in the process of confronting the Rockets players. Perhaps the only one who has not been affected much is Adelaide. Pull is also a blessing of technology flow.As a last resort, McMillan had to let Adelaide take the lead, and the team began to play a slow offensive.Adelman did not respond. He did not believe that Adelaide could save the situation by relying on a mid-range jumper. What's more, the Rockets' backup power forward Landry himself was a strong kid with a lot of physical fitness. Under defense, Adelaide's jumper also lost his usual sight.

The fans at the scene began to clamor. In their opinion, if the main lineup is on the opposite side, they should also send a starter to fight the opponent, instead of relying on Adelaide's ineffective mid-range jumper. Die hard.McMillan sighed, and turned to look at Roy and Ye Feng who were still sipping sports drinks.Ye Feng quickly understood what the coach meant, and he said loudly: "Coach, I've rested, please let me play, I don't want to sit on the bench and watch this hole get bigger and bigger." Roy next to him also nodded repeatedly.

McMillan's expression was quite serious, and he asked in a deep voice: "If you play now, will you still have enough energy for the second half?" Ye Feng smiled slightly: "We must first settle the matter in front of us, right? If it's spent, no matter how much energy you have in the second half, it won't help, are you right?"

(End of this chapter)